The pairing of solo guitar with chorus might not sound like the most felicitous combination; given the guitar's restricted dynamic range, it seems like it would be easy for it to be swamped by the volume of a chorus. This album demonstrates, though, that a guitar can hold it own, with a fine balance. This is due in part at least to the skill of the composers, who frequently give the guitar a murmuring accompanimental role while the chorus is singing, reserving more intricate solo work for moments when the guitar is playing ...
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The pairing of solo guitar with chorus might not sound like the most felicitous combination; given the guitar's restricted dynamic range, it seems like it would be easy for it to be swamped by the volume of a chorus. This album demonstrates, though, that a guitar can hold it own, with a fine balance. This is due in part at least to the skill of the composers, who frequently give the guitar a murmuring accompanimental role while the chorus is singing, reserving more intricate solo work for moments when the guitar is playing alone. Coro Cervantes, the only British chorus dedicated to Hispanic and Latin American music, has only 17 members, but it has an unusually full and sumptuous sound, warm and beautifully blended. Conducted by its founder, Carlos Fernández Aransay, the group sings with exceptional purity and brings a real idiomatic sensitivity to this repertoire. The works they have chosen are for the most part very attractive. Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's warmly romantic cycle, Romancero Gitano,...
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